Modest stores sent email and draft emails locally. Evolution, for instance, allows you to choose folders on your IMAP account, in the preferences.

I use IMAP specifically so I can use any client on any machine and see all of my mails. I don't want any client storing things locally, except as a cache. Thus, I'd like to keep my Sent and Drafts folders on my IMAP server.

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Solution #1: It should be integral part of the official email client

Solution #5: Port Evolution to Maemo

Work backwards: instead of adding features to a tiny e-mail client, use a big shoehorn and squeeze a big desktop client onto the mobile platform. This means addressing screen layout, storage issues, etc.

(This is an "Outlook for Linux" solution, but actually plausible)

See attached screenshot of vanilla Evolution running on an N800.

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Solution #6: Port Anjal to Maemo

Basically a spin-off of Alan's Evolution proposal, because in my opinion Evolution is heavy weight (way more than just a mailer) and complicated to port for small screens (having enough bug reports in mind from the last years).

See for example http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2009/03/18/announcing-anjal-the-new-mail-for-netbooks/ for Anjal screenshots.

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Solution #7: Create true Online mail program

Turn Modest into a true online mail program, optimised for the online use case accessing large mailboxes where few items actually need to be read at all and very few read in their entirety (like the way most people use their Blackberrys). Something like Dave Cridland's Polymer client but with disconnected mode support added (so messages which have already been accessed are cached and can be read again offline and messages can be composed and queued offline). There would be no local folders (except caches) so all sent items would be stored in the online fodler.

An "always connected" (or nearly always connected) device should be using an online IMAP mail client rather than a PC-style offline client with synchronisation. Modest already has good IMAP Lemonade support, I believe, so could be a good base for an online IMAP client.

Solution #10: IMAP-Server Side Workaround

Hi, you could put yourself on bcc on every message you send and create a filter rule on the imap server to move all mails to you in bcc from you into the sent folder. Server must support rule based filters however and it's not the nicest way to do it. But it would be a quick fix I guess. greetings Christopher

Have a menu option to allow offline drafts (manually saving as draft on-demand), if you have no network connection at the moment.
The Offline draft would be kept until sent, or if it is over 2 weeks (or some other timeframe) old (again, with an option to trigger a reminder with a custom time).

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Solution #13: bcc this email address

I've been lazy-digging in modest source code and I guess that if I were asked to implement this feature I would walk back to my boss and make a counter-proposal. if all we want is to "keep sent emails regarding any specific account on that very account", would it be acceptable adding just a bcc email address for each account?

I would assure my boss that implementation is straighforward and that he can have it right after lunch. (all right, my boss often forgets to have lunch!)

Solution #14: Option to store replies/forwarded mails in same folder as original mail

Have an option to not only save message to a specified sent folder, but also to save them in the same fodler as the original mail, so that threaded views are consistent and context can be obtained from viewing the list of mails.

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